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VAIS Simplifies Toyota Add-on For SiriusXM
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Industry Comes to Aid of Stricken Retailer
Industry members have banded together to help Lance Putnam, owner of Audio Center, Richmond KY as he battles Leukemia....
Pioneer Expects Higher AppRadio Sales as 3rd Gen Ships
Pioneer began shipping the AppRadio 3 last week, noting it expects this latest version of the smartphone-centric radio...
Audiovox Responds to GM’s Remote Start Plans
At the Connected Car Conference during CE Week Tuesday, General Motor’s new plans to offer remote start from...
Pandora Hits In-Car Activation Milestone
Pandora announced it reached a milestone of receiving 2.5 million unique activations of its service via an in-car...
Car Audio: The Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story
Car audio and the many smaller categories that now fall under that heading can no longer be easily...
Backup Camera Law Delayed; Tactics May Change
Legislation that would require backup cameras in all cars has been delayed yet again, until 2015. Instead federal...
Fed Seeks Consumer Input on In-Car Alcohol Detection Devices
Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it will conduct a survey to find out...
Most Hated Features of Radios: JD Power
According to the new J.D. Power & Associates study on car quality the things that new car owners...
Ford Tests Intelligent Brake Lights
Ford has been testing “Electronic Brake Lights” that can alert many cars behind you, so they can begin...
Best Buy Launches iPhone 5 Trade In Promo Today
Best Buy’s first iPhone 5 trade-in promotion earlier this month worked so well, the company is launching a...
The Car Audio Solution: Editorial (Part 2)
By Barry Vogel The car audio industry at its height was the profit darling of consumer electronics. It's...
Ford First With SiriusXM Internet Radio Control
Ford is the first radio supplier and car maker to offer control over SiriusXM Internet Radio so that...
Car Audio Industry’s 4 Blindspots
By Barry Vogel Working at a car dealership has put in clear perspective a lot of what I...
CEA Launches Distracted Driving Standards Group
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced today that it is forming the Driver Device Interface Working Group to...
Clarion: iOS 7 is Car Audio Friendly So Far
Clarion said many of its late model radios work well with the beta version of Apple's new iOS...
Ford Brings Back Knobs On MyFord Touch
Ford will return to using buttons and knobs on its MyFord Touch radios, following years of complaints that...
Car Audio Continues to Grow at Tint World
Tint World, with over 24 franchise locations says it expects to grow car audio by another 5 or...
Most GM Cars Will Offer 4G by 2015
In a speech Thursday, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson said most GM cars by 2015 will include 4G...
Car Electronics Summit Held This Month
This year’s CE Week- a “mini CES” event held each June--will include a Connected Car Conference (C3) on...